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1652668, 2409774. Website. www .bakersfieldcity .us. Bakersfield is a city in and the county seat of Kern County, California, United States. The city covers about 151 sq mi (390 km 2) [9] [10] near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley, which is located in the Central Valley region.
Kern County is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 909,235. [9] Its county seat is Bakersfield. [11] Kern County comprises the Bakersfield, California, Metropolitan statistical area. The county spans the southern end of the Central Valley.
661. Downtown is the central business district for Bakersfield, California. It contains several of the city's major theaters, sports complex, museums, and historical landmarks. What is considered to be “downtown” Bakersfield varies. Starting from the north and traveling clockwise, Central Bakersfield is bound by the Kern River, Union Avenue ...
The Kern River, previously Río de San Felipe, later La Porciúncula, is an Endangered, Wild and Scenic river in the U.S. state of California, approximately 165 miles (270 km) long. It drains an area of the southern Sierra Nevada mountains northeast of Bakersfield. Fed by snowmelt near Mount Whitney, the river passes through scenic canyons in ...
Central Bakersfield includes the civic center, the Arts District, the Lowell Community, and the Oleander Community. It contains the oldest portions of the city; Downtown, Bakersfield's central business district is located there. It also houses Chester Market, Lowell Place Senior Center, the Kern County Museum, and the Kern County Chamber of ...
The Kern High School District ( KHSD) is a public high school system headquartered in Bakersfield, California that serves portions of the County of Kern located at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley. As of 2023, the Kern High School District serves over 43,000 students [2] [3] and 3,600 employees as of 2007. [4]
State Route 223. State Route 223 ( SR 223 ), locally known as Bear Mountain Boulevard, is a state highway in the U.S. state of California that runs west to east through the agricultural land south of Bakersfield in Kern County. Running from Interstate 5 (I-5) to State Route 58 near the city of Arvin, it also intersects with State Route 99 near ...
GNIS feature ID. 1660956. Lost Hills (formerly, Lost Hill) [2] is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. Lost Hills is located 42 miles (68 km) west-northwest of Bakersfield, [3] at an elevation of 305 feet (93 m). [2] The population was 2,412 at the 2010 census, up from 1,938 at the 2000 census.